Fletchers travel to Grand Bahama Island for vacation
Larry and Donna Fletcher, Davenport District Ford Sales Contest winners, vacationed four days on Grand Bahama Island. They flew from Moline on a Northwest Orient chartered jet, stayed near Freeport, visited the International Bazaar, and attended a show at El Casino. A rare seven inch rain fell on Friday during the trip.
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Marian Waters
Crawfordsville
Larry Fletcher
Grand Bahama Island
Larry
Ford
Davenport
Moline
Bahamas
Northwest Orient
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Donna
Canadu Princess Tennis and Yacht Club
Freeport
Wayne Lowe
Karen
Debbie
Mediapolis
Cattle price outlook faces mixed signals says ISU economist
Iowa State University economist Gene Futrell warns that beef markets face uncertainty from slaughter levels margins and demand though spring prices held above 1975 levels. He expects possible mid 40s prices into early summer with risks from feed costs weather and competing meats.
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Iowa State University
Gene Futrell
Futrell
Almanac items mark June 19 with notable events
Almanac notes June 19 highlights include Blaise Pascal's birth in 1623 and Father’s Day first observed in Spokane in 1910. It recalls 1934 federal communications agency creation, Brezhnev’s 1973 trade talk, and Ford’s 1975 crime law push. Elbert Hubbard born 1859 appears as a thought for the day.
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Mercury
Jupiter
Mars
Venus
Saturn
Blaise Pascal
Spokane
Wash
Congress
Federal Communications Com
Elbert Hubbard
Crawfordsville Lowes visit and local events noted
Mr and Mrs Bob Lowe of Brea California visited Crawfordsville for a week with relatives including Earl Lowe Lyle Lowe and Arlene Fletcher. The group attended a high school alumni banquet and a family picnic at the McCoy home with many relatives. Irene Young won a Rath Color the Wiener Package contest receiving a ten speed bicycle shipped from the manufacturer. About 25 bicycles were awarded in her age group. Square Circle Club had a Marr Park picnic marking the season end. Junior Camp at Lake Darling drew about 100 4 H participants with Regina Richardson as counselor and Alan Richardson at Madrid 4 H Intermediate Camp.
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Crawfordsville
Bob Lowe
Brea
Calif
Fred
Jimmy
Earl Lowe
Lyle Lowe
Arlene Fletcher
Cleo McCoy
Bob
Anita
Pamela
Brad Fletcher
Irene Young
Rath Packing Company
Rath
Irene
Des Moines Register
Square Circle Club
Marr Park
Joe Jones
Lisa
Joe
Denny Wood
Melissa
Michelle
Jay Finke
Randy
Wayne Davis
Jack Erwin
Shari
David
Darrell Egli
Jennifer
Jason
Jim Edgar
Brenda
Scott
Susan
Heidi Bernau
Debbie
Karen Lowe
David Richardson
Rick Fulton
Steve Huff
Lake Darling
Regina Richardson
Alan Richardson
Madrid
Iowa
Marriages of the week highlight several 1976 ceremonies
A roundup of recent weddings includes Ann Elise Gregory and Robert Glenn Bjorklund wed May 29 in Ames with Harry Strong officiating, Janice Johnston and Don Jones married June 12 in Ainsworth, Debra Reinbold and Ricke Stauffer wed in Washington, Verla Veatch and William Horning married June 4, and Carol Evans and David Greiner exchanged vows June 12 in Washington.
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Ann Elise Gregory
David W. Gregory
Ames
Robert Glenn Bjorklund
Richard Bjorklund
Manitowoc
Wisc
Collegiate Presbyterian Church
Harry Strong
Janice Elaine Johnston
Ainsworth
Don R. Jones
United Presbyterian Church
Robert Livingston
James Dale Johnston
Chester R. Jones
Melcher
Debra Lea Rembold
Washington
Ricke Gale Stauffer
Robert Hadaway
Paul Reinbold
Ervin Stauffer
Verla Jean
Peggy) Veatch
William Horning
Immanuel, Lutheran Church
Earnest Caltvedt
Beryl Bolwar
Lancaster
Elmer Horning
Carol Cathleen Evans
Paul F. Evans Sr
David Carl Greiner
Wilford Greiner
St. James Catholic Church
Edward J. Shepherd
Paul F. Evans Jr
Cathleen Godfrey
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Fletchers
Bahama Islands
Eleanor Lord
Opal Rickey
Ruthe Fletcher
Mazie Howell
Maurine Wilson
Phyllis Sommer
Gladys Thomas
Hazel Moorhead
Pauline Thayer
Mt. Pleasant
Wayne
Doris Davis
Meda Fulton
Winfield
Decorah
Ivor Davis
Memorial Hospital
Sandra
Don Imming
Des Moines
Jennie Spangler
Gabe’s
Mt. Union
Spangler
Harold Spangler
Richard Benson
St. Paul
Minn
Sid Anderson
Chester Sahline
Forest Lake
Belle Dew
Alexis, Il
Dillon Graff
Emmett Ross
Eva Craig
Charles Spangler
Charles Messer
Deanne
Minnesota
Charles Wells
Vivian
United Methodist Conference
4-H
Rick Murphy
Donald Griggs
Bob Moorman
Joe Mineart
Jim Frier
Grull & Lee
Robert
Stevenson
Blue Cross
Des Moines, In
Benjamin Moore
Osincup's
Sherman-Eden Funeral Home
Wendell D. Eden
West Man Street
Owa
Wirld
the Almanac
United Press International
Lowes
Mary Jane Welch
James Andrew Lott
Madiera Beach
Dorothy Welch
Geneseo
John M. Welch
Rock Island, Ill
Tillie Vondrasek
Carmen Kay Bryson
Marilyn Bryson
Gerald Bryson
Centralia
George Elliott McKinstry
Elliott McKinstry
First Christian Church
Kenneth Tipton
Aei
Savi With
Howes
Wolf's Flower Shop
Jack
Barbara Herron
Renton
Capp
West 8Th Street
Washington, Iowa
Highway 92
Avenue C
West 8Th St
Chuck Comstock
Coop Homes
Hiawatha
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